Governor Cuomo Announces Lowest Single-Day COVID-19 Positivity Rate Since September 4

Statewide Positivity Rate Drops to 0.80%

Statewide 7-Day Positivity Rate Drops to 0.95%—Lowest Since September 25

Patient Hospitalizations Drop to 1,361—Lowest Since November 5

ICU Patients Drop to 326—Lowest Since November 11

Intubations Drop to 198; First Time Below 200 Since November 17

24 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the statewide single-day COVID-19 positivity rate dropped to 0.80 percent yesterday, the lowest since September 4.

Staten Island's 7-day average positivity rate dropped to 0.93 percent yesterday, bringing the individual 7-day average positivity rate of all five New York City boroughs below 1 percent for the first time since September 8, 2020.

"We are working night and day to stop COVID-19 in its tracks, and the key is getting as many New Yorkers vaccinated as possible — as quickly as possible," Governor Cuomo said. "The numbers are trending in the right direction, and we've taken action to reopen the state's economy and relax restrictions, particularly for vaccinated people. We're going to reach the end at the light of the tunnel and defeat this virus, and the faster we can get New Yorkers vaccinated, the faster that dream will become a reality."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 167,918
Total Positive - 1,347
Percent Positive - 0.80%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 0.95%
Patient Hospitalization - 1,361 (-83)
Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -327
Patients Newly Admitted - 169
Number ICU - 326 (-4)
Number ICU with Intubation - 198 (-6)
Total Discharges - 180,912 (209)
Deaths - 24
Total Deaths - 42,582

The regional hospital bed capacity and occupancy numbers, including the number of hospitalizations as a percent of the region's population, is as follows:

Region	COVID Patients Currently in Hospital in Region	COVID Patients as Percent of Region Population	Percent of Hospital Beds Available Within 7 Days Under Surge Plan
Capital Region	58	0.01%	49%
Central New York	46	0.01%	52%
Finger Lakes	169	0.01%	57%
Long Island	198	0.01%	57%
Mid-Hudson	111	0.00%	63%
Mohawk Valley	25	0.01%	58%
New York City	551	0.01%	54%
North Country	19	0.00%	70%
Southern Tier	45	0.01%	66%
Western New York	139	0.01%	54%
Statewide	1361	0.01%	56%

The regional ICU bed capacity and occupancy numbers are as follows:

Region	Total ICU Beds in Region	Total Occupied ICU Beds in Region	Percent of ICU Beds Available in Region (7-day Avg)
Capital Region	237	199	16%
Central New York	225	182	19%
Finger Lakes	397	234	41%
Long Island	848	588	31%
Mid-Hudson	639	365	43%
Mohawk Valley	97	72	26%
New York City	2,480	1817	27%
North Country	58	32	45%
Southern Tier	115	66	43%
Western New York	543	342	37%
Statewide	5,639	3897	31%

Each region's 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Capital Region	1.13%	1.13%	1.10%
Central New York	1.49%	1.51%	1.54%
Finger Lakes	2.52%	2.46%	2.44%
Long Island	0.89%	0.84%	0.79%
Mid-Hudson	0.91%	0.89%	0.84%
Mohawk Valley	0.99%	1.00%	0.99%
New York City	0.81%	0.78%	0.75%
North Country	1.75%	1.72%	1.46%
Southern Tier	0.61%	0.63%	0.63%
Western New York	1.66%	1.65%	1.59%
Statewide	1.02%	0.99%	0.95%

Each New York City borough's 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

BOROUGH	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Bronx	0.84%	0.79%	0.77%
Brooklyn	0.88%	0.88%	0.85%
Manhattan	0.52%	0.49%	0.47%
Queens	0.88%	0.85%	0.80%
Staten Island	1.14%	1.03%	0.93%

Of the 2,077,344 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	24,531	15
Allegany	3,498	12
Broome	18,463	7
Cattaraugus	5,668	3
Cayuga	6,268	3
Chautauqua	8,861	12
Chemung	7,625	14
Chenango	3,451	5
Clinton	4,818	1
Columbia	4,037	5
Cortland	3,824	8
Delaware	2,344	7
Dutchess	29,301	12
Erie	88,885	78
Essex	1,586	5
Franklin	2,528	5
Fulton	4,370	5
Genesee	5,401	10
Greene	3,382	1
Hamilton	313	0
Herkimer	5,139	9
Jefferson	6,015	7
Lewis	2,758	3
Livingston	4,458	11
Madison	4,506	4
Monroe	67,672	117
Montgomery	4,228	2
Nassau	182,810	71
Niagara	19,856	19
NYC	930,941	495
Oneida	22,367	14
Onondaga	38,380	41
Ontario	7,355	11
Orange	48,015	31
Orleans	3,086	7
Oswego	7,518	18
Otsego	3,419	5
Putnam	10,558	5
Rensselaer	11,161	5
Rockland	46,768	21
Saratoga	15,213	8
Schenectady	13,080	16
Schoharie	1,680	1
Schuyler	1,042	3
Seneca	1,994	2
St. Lawrence	6,571	7
Steuben	6,848	9
Suffolk	199,991	87
Sullivan	6,592	16
Tioga	3,757	10
Tompkins	4,294	5
Ulster	13,825	4
Warren	3,612	4
Washington	3,112	6
Wayne	5,718	7
Westchester	129,131	51
Wyoming	3,548	7
Yates	1,172	0

Yesterday, 24 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 42,582. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: